201014 CAA CPD Pilot, Lessons Learnt and Recommendations
14 October 2020
‘THE COMMONWEALTH ASSOCIATION OF ARCHITECTS
The objectives of the Association are the advancement of Architecture throughout the Commonwealth and the promotion and acquisition of knowledge of the various arts and sciences connected therewith. In furtherance of the foregoing objects, but not further or otherwise, the Association shall have the following powers: to promote co-operation between National Associations of Architects within the Commonwealth, and between such organisations and equivalent organisations outside the Commonwealth, with the object of ensuring the maximum contribution by architects to the well-being of society, to promote and encourage the activities of Member etc.’
Extract from the Constitution of the Commonwealth Association of Architects
Table
Table
1. INTRODUCTION
This document comprises a reflection on the lessons learnt from the CAA CPD Pilot which was delivered as part of a Call to Action on Sustainable Urbanisation in the Commonwealth that was launched in June 2020.
It includes a description of the CPD Pilot together with an analysis of attendance and a summary of the feedback received from a survey that was undertaken following completion of the lecture series and recommendation for future engagement.
2. PROGRAMME OVERVIEW & RECOMMENDATIONS
2.1.
BACKGROUND
The CAA CPD Pilot was conceived as a mini-series to test the appetite from members and their institutes for knowledge sharing and continuous learning around the theme of Sustainable Development. The series was developed in response to the findings of the 2017 and 2019 Survey of the Built Environment Professions in the Commonwealth 1 both of which evidenced a lack of mandatory Continuing Professional Development 2 in many Commonwealth countries that are urbanising most rapidly and are among the most vulnerable to climate change impacts Faced with the combined threats of climate change, rapid urbanisation and the impact of Covid-19, the CAA was keen to understand the ways in which it can best support the profession across the Commonwealth.
2.2. PROGRAMME OVERVIEW
The CPD Pilot comprised a total of 7 lectures delivered over a period of 6 weeks. The series was designed to appeal to built environment professionals and covered a wide range of topics, commencing with an explanatory overview of the policy context and completing with a more detailed examination of the metrics necessary if we are to achieve our climate change commitments. The lecture programme may be summarised as follows:
1. Introduction to the Sustainable Development Goals, presented by Mina Hasman from SOM and chaired by Sithabile Mathe, Chair of the CAA Validation Committee who was joined in conversation by UN Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif
2. Planning for Rapid Urbanisation, presented by Mr Ben Bolgar from The Prince’s Foundation and chaired by CAA President, Mr Kalim Siddiqui, who was joined by in conversation by Mr William Cobbett from Cities Alliance.
3. Planned City Extensions: Presented by Mr Alfredo Caraballo from Allies and Morrison and chaired by Ms Dy Currie, President of the Commonwealth Association of Planners, who was joined in conversation by Mr Tom Perry, UK Design Council.
4. Resilient Infrastructure: Presented by Ian Carradice from Arup in London and chaired by Steve Oundo, CAA VP Africa who was joined in conversation by Ms Nuha Eltinay from the World Bank
5. Climate Responsive Design: Presented by Prof Peter Clegg and colleagues from Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and co-chaired by Mr Alex Ndibwami from the University of Rwanda and Mr Jalal Ahmed CAA VP Asia who were joined in conversation by Mr Rafiq Azam, Shatotto Architects, Bangladesh
6. Heritage-led Regeneration: Presented by Mr Geoff Rich from FCB Studios and chaired by Alice Preston-Jones, Commonwealth Co-ordinator, who was joined in conversation by Daw Moe Moe Lwin from the Yangon Heritage Trust
7. Sustainable Outcomes, presented by Mr Gary Clark from HOK and chaired by Ms Mina Hasman from SOM and with Martina Otto, Head of the Cities Unit at the UN Environment Programme and Head of Secretariat at the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction
2.3. SUMMARY ATTENDANCE FIGURES
The following attendance figures were derived from the statistics provided by Zoom at the end of each lecture:
• Contributors: The CPD Pilot was delivered with support and engagement from a diverse group of 26 session chairs, presenters, and subject matter experts from 10 countries, 42% of whom were female (11/26) and 38% of whom were BAME (10/26).
2 37% of respondent architectural institutes no not require mandatory Continuing Professional Development.
• Participants: The series attracted a total of 823 unique participants and a total of 2,157 views from 31 Commonwealth and 31 non-Commonwealth countries. Each session attracted an audience of around 300 attendees.
• Regional representation: The series attracted a good regional spread from both Commonweath and non-Commonwealth countries with 21% from Commonwealth countries in Africa, 26% from Asia, 4% from the Caribbean and the Americas, 19% from Europe, 2% from the Pacific and 27% from other non-Commonwealth countries. The CPD Pilot accounted for 49% of the audience of the whole programme comprising the Call to Action.
• Time in Session: The average session duration was 1 hr 30 mins and participants spend an average of 62 mins in each session. 50% of participants attended more than one lecture and a third of participants attended 3 or more lectures.
2.4. SUMMARY FEEDBACK
The following results were obtained from a Feedback Survey that was issued to all 823 participants following conclusion of the lecture series on 13 August. The key findings were as follows
• Survey Respondents: The survey attracted a total of 155 responses (19% response rate) from a total of 36 countries (25 of which (69%) were Commonwealth countries. Survey respondents attended an average of 4 lectures, with 23 (15%) attending 1, 21 (14%) attending 2, 21 (14%) attending 3, 15 (26%) attending 4, 15 (10%) attending 5, 14 (15%) attending 6 and 26 (17%) attending all seven lectures.
• Was the series of interest? 99% of respondents confirmed that they found the lectures of interest with only one respondent responding in the negative.
• Were the topics relevant for your region? 75% of respondents found the lecture topics relevant to their regions with 24% finding them somewhat relevant and 1% finding them not relevant to their region.
• Was the lecture format engaging? 96% of participants found the lecture format engaging.
• How would you rank each of the lectures? The overwhelming majority of respondents ranked all the lectures as ‘Very Good’ or ‘Excellent’.
• Would you like the CAA to continue to offer lectures of this kind? 99% of respondents confirmed that they would like the CAA to continue to offer such lectures
• Are there any other topics you would like us to cover? The following are among a range of further topics suggested by respondents:
• Sustainable urbanisation and Urban design in the context of rapidly urbanising Commonwealth cities
• Compact cities and dealing with density
• Planning for resilience in small island developing states
• Urban solutions for migrant communities
• Urban-Rural linkages
• Slum upgrading
• Housing for low income groups
• Ecology, biodiversity and public space design
• Climate responsive design, in different climatic contexts
• Building materials and green building design
• Participatory planning and design
• Critical regionalism
• Adaptive reuse, esp of heritage buildings, and the preservation of local crafts
• Inclusive design
• Water management in cities
• Integrated transport and non-motorised transport solutions
• Mainstreaming renewables
• Adaptive capacities and living well with heat
• The application of 5G technology in buildings
• Case studies of exemplar projects
• Workshops providing practical guidance to help delivery of the UN 2030 SDGs
• Professional practice, professional ethics, including the effects of Covid-19
• Forms of contract and forms of practice in different Commonwealth countries
• Curriculum development and interdisciplinary teaching methods
• How would you feel about a more interactive format? 65% of respondents (101) considered the current lecture format was fine while 35% (54) considered that a more interactive format would be preferable, in which participants could interact with the speakers.
• Would you like to contribute to a further series? A number of contributors expressed an interest in supporting the series, some of whom left their contact details
• Any further comments? A number of further comments were provided (75), all of which were very complimentary about the pilot and encouraged the CAA to continue with this work, eg:
• From Australia: “Again, thank you very much for the series. I have found the seminars very inspiring during this time of isolation. Having access to such fabulous practitioners, thinkers, and scholars. So much to learn and share! I look forward to future CCA activities.”
• From Pakistan: “A wonderful series of lectures. A very well organised and interactive series. Bravo to the team and all involved. Looking forward to many more such interactive sessions.”
• From Pakistan: “Thank you for a great lecture series. really appreciate the people behind these efforts. There was so much to learn and think for young architects like me. will be looking forward for further lectures in future.”
• From South Africa: “Thank you for coming up with these series, it has been eye opening to see how planning works around the world some of the issues covered resonated with me as it was dealing with issues that are problematic in my country. Some of the innovations that were presented were brilliant.”
• From Sri Lanka: “Thank you for the very relevant topics which were well presented. It was a very enjoyable and informative experience.”
• From Trinidad and Tobago: “Congratulations on this great initiative.”
• From the UK: “Great lectures, fantastic speaker, they, all have been very engaging. As a lecturer I would like my students to have access to the lectures and case studies.”
• From Zambia: “I wish to thank CAA for these CPD lectures and events. They are productive and they should continue. My heart also goes to organizers and management staff. Keep it up.”
Other respondents offered a range of constructive comments, such as:
• Would there be a way for the CAA and its partners to provide similar sessions to support universities in their teaching?
• During the Q&A it would be helpful if the question could be shown on screen to help overcome language difficulties/pronunciation problems.
• Consider the potential for students to present their work
• One respondent suggested that we might wish to consider defining the learning aims and outcomes more clearly.
2.5. RECOMMENDATIONS
Based on the experience gained through the pilot, the following recommendations are offered for consideration by CAA Council:
1. Develop an ongoing CPD programme as part of the CAA’s routine activity: The Survey of the Professions established that there is lack of CPD provision in many parts of the Commonwealth and the CPD Pilot has demonstrated that that there is a corresponding appetite from members, confirming a desire for continuous learning and knowledge sharing. This is supported by the feedback survey which evidenced the fact that 99% of respondents stated they would like the CAA to continue to offer such a series.
Noting the potential recurring costs set out in 3.9, CAA Council is invited to consider the development of a regular ongoing lecture series (frequency to be determined but possibly once a month, or 8-10 times per annum)?
2. Engage the regions in content development and delivery: While the Pilot was delivered mainly by UK based practices (for reasons of practical expediency), this is clearly neither sustainable nor desirable and it is recommended that any future series should seek to encourage active participation and engagement from each of the 5 Commonwealth Regions order to ensure continuing interest and relevance, with oversight from the Chairs of the Education and Practice Committees.
CAA Council is invited to consider inviting the Regional Vice Presidents to suggest topics which are likely to be of most relevance to their members organisations together with the names of potential local contributors.
3. Build upon the links that have been developed with Subject Matter Experts: It is felt that the involvement of subject matter experts from organisations such as UN Habitat and the World Bank helped to illustrate the importance of the subject matter and lent the pilot a degree of authority. It also helped to maintain alignment between the subject matter and international policy thereby ensuring relevance while also enabling the CAA to serve as a conduit in terms of advocacy.
Should we decide to develop a regular series of CPD lectures, it is suggested that we endeavour to maintain the engagement of local/international subject matter experts to help enrich the programme
4. Seek to collaborate with other Commonwealth Built Environment Professions: While primarily aimed at professionally qualified architects, the pilot also sought to engage with other disciplines including town planning (lectures 2 & 3) and engineering (lecture 4) to help demonstrate the need for an interdisciplinary response to the nature and scale of the challenges we face.
Should we decide to develop am ongoing CPD programme, it is suggested that we encourage continuing engagement with our planning, engineering and surveying colleagues at CAP, CASLE and CEC.
5. Consider a more interactive format which includes more case studies and examples of best practice: Feedback from the Pilot indicated that a third of respondents would prefer a more interactive format in which they could interact more directly with the speakers. There was also an appetite for examples of best practice.
The above recommendations are submitted for consideration by CAA Council.
3. THE CPD PILOT
The CPD pilot was developed to test the appetite of its members for knowledge sharing and continuous learning around the theme of sustainable development and the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. It comprised a mini-series of 7 lectures, delivered over a period of 6 weeks, starting with an scene setting lecture about the SDGs and ending with a detailed study of the targets which must be achieved if we are to meet our climate change commitments.
3.1. LECTURE SERIES
1. Introduction to the Sustainable Development Goals: Developed and delivered by Ms Mina Hasman, Sustainability Expert at Skidmore Owings and Merrill and CAA Focal Point at the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction. The live lecture was chaired by Ms Sithabile Mathe, Chair of the CAA Validation Committee, from Botswana, and concluded in a conversation with UN Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif. The aim of the lecture was to provide participants with an overview of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to explain the way in which built environment professionals can engage with the Goals in their daily work.
2. Planning for Rapid Urbanisation: Developed and delivered by Mr Ben Bolgar, Senior Director at The Prince’s Foundation together with Ms Haja Halimah Lukay, Development Planning Officer from Bo City Council in Sierra Leone. The live lecture was chaired by CAA President, Mr Kalim Siddiqui, from Pakistan and concluded in a conversation with Mr William Cobbett, Director at Cities Alliance. The aim of the lecture was to describe a simple 4-step process that can be used by communities anywhere to produce a ‘bare-bones’ plan that can be adopted as a framework for future development.
3. Planned City Extensions: Developed and delivered by Mr Alfredo Caraballo, Director at Allies and Morrison. The live lecture was chaired by Dy Currie, President of the Commonwealth Association of Planners, from Australia, and concluded in a conversation with Mr Tom Perry, Head of Cities at the UK Design Council. The aim of the lecture was to describe the masterplanning principles associated with a planned city extension by reference to a case study in Oman, which aims to set new standards in terms of sustainability and design while providing a catalyst for change in the Sultanate.
4. Resilient Infrastructure: Developed and delivered by Mr Ian Carradice, Director at Arup. The live lecture was chaired by Mr Steven Oundo, CAA Vice President Africa and concluded in a conversation with Ms Nuha Eltinay, Senior Urban Specialist, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, MENA Region, World Bank. The aim of the lecture was to outline the principles of resilient infrastructure design together with the benefits to be achieved and the value to be added by adopting a more systematic, integrated design approach that also minimizes cost and carbon emissions.
5. Climate Responsive Design: Developed and delivered by Prof Peter Clegg, Ms Isabel Sandeman and Ms Rachel Sayers from Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and Mr Rafiq Azam, Principal Architect, Shatotto, Bangladesh. The live lecture was co-chaired by Mr Alex Ndibwami, Director, Teaching and Learning Enhancement, College of Science and Technology, University of Rwanda and Mr Jalal Ahmed, President of the Institute of Architects Bangladesh, and CAA Vice President Asia The aim of the lecture was to provide an overview of climate responsive design, including a reminder of the importance of passive design principles and low carbon construction.
6. Heritage-led Regeneration: Developed and delivered by Mr Geoff Rich, Managing Partner, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios together with Mr Harry Wardill former Director of Turquoise Mountain in Myanmar. The live lecture was chaired by Ms Alice Preston-Jones, Commonwealth Projects Coordinator and concluded in a conversation with Daw Moe Moe Lwin, Director, Yangon Heritage Trust The aim of the lecture was to demonstrate how the creative re-use of
heritage buildings, can be used as a means of generating economic value, creating employment, and preserving traditional skills while reinforcing cultural identity and a sense of place.
7. Sustainable Outcomes: Developed and delivered by Mr Gary Clark, Regional Lead EMEA, Science and Technology at HOK London Studio and Chair of the RIBA Sustainable Futures Group. The live lecture was chaired by Mina Hasman, CAA Focal Point at the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction. Upon conclusion of the lecture, Gary and Mina were joined by Martina Otto, Head of the Cities Unit at the UN Environment Programme and Head of Secretariat at the GlobalABC. In this, the concluding lecture of the current series, Gary described, in practical terms, a set of measurable and manageable outcomes that practitioners can use daily on projects of all scales.
3.2. KEY MESSAGES
The following are among the Key Messages arising from each of the lectures forming part of the CAA CPA pilot:
1. Introduction to the SDGs
• The seriousness of the issues and the scale of the challenge
• The importance of the Goals and the need to engage with the Decade of Action.
• The need for built environment institutions to support their political leadership at local and national level
• The need for built environment professionals to contribute to delivery of the Goals in their daily work
2. Planning for Rapid Urbanisation
• The extent of outdated planning policy in many Commonwealth countries
• The lack of professional expertise in some of the places which need it most
• The scale of the challenge and the importance of secondary cities, which are so frequently neglected.
• The need to build professional capacity and develop new planning approaches, such as the ‘bare bones’ planning adopted by the toolkit
• The primacy of local decision making
• The need to address lack of capacity in local government and to improve staff retention
• The huge social, economic and environmental cost of getting it wrong and not doing it right
3. Planned City Extensions
• We were reminded of some of the universal principles underpinning a successful masterplan, such as site analysis, passive design, walkability, density, and mixed use etc.
• The importance of an integrated design approach and the added value it generates.
• The role of design review during the process of design development
• The value of a design code as a tool to help achieve delivery of the design intent
• The importance of good governance to support implementation and evolution of a masterplan over time.
4. RESILIENT
INFRASTRUCTURE
• Resilience and sustainability can both be achieved through good design
• A methodical systems-based approach is recommended, particularly if:
• It includes an integrated design approach
• It takes account of policy, governance, and operations; and
• We actively look for synergies between systems
3.3.
• The principles underpinning resilience (ie Prevention, Recovery and Transformation) apply equally to pandemics; and
• Resilience and sustainability can be achieved economically.
5. Climate Responsive Design
• The importance of climate responsive design as the bedrock of sustainable architecture
• The universal importance of the following nine thematic areas, ie:
1. Participatory design
2. Use of Local Materials
3. Solar Shading
4. Passive ventilation
5. Natural Daylighting
6. Sustainable Landscape
7. Energy Generation
8. Water Management
9. Waste Management
• The way in which these thematic areas are expressed in practice:
1. Engage in a participatory design process
2. Support local labour and develop local skills
3. Grow or salvage local materials
4. Design with the climate and not against it
5. Nurture the local ecosystem
6. Produce clean on-site energy
7. Utilise sustainable water sources
8. Provide water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities
9. Share knowledge and experience
6. Heritage-Led Regeneration
• The adaptation and re-use of existing buildings is key component in our fight against climate change
• Heritage-led regeneration produces a wide range of social benefits in terms of training and employment
• Heritage-led regeneration can be a catalyst for economic regeneration
• Restoration and reactivation of the public realm can contribute to a range of cross-cutting issues including social inclusion, crime reduction and community engagement.
7. Sustainable Outcomes
• The seriousness of the issues and the scale of the challenge
• The importance of the Goals and the need to engage with the Decade of Action.
• The practical steps, built environment professionals need to take if we are to avert catastrophic climate change
• The need for us to encourage our clients, and for our institutions to encourage their governments, to raise standards, set clear targets and measure progress.
• The need for us all to contribute to delivery of the SDGs in our daily work
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
The CPD Pilot was delivered with support and engagement from a diverse group of 26 session chairs, lecturers, and subject matter experts from 10 countries, 42% of whom were female (11/26) and 38% of whom were BAME (10/26). A full list of contributors is contained in Appendix I. It
should be noted that the Pilot would not have been possible without the help and support of the following
• Ms Alice Preston-Jones: Commonwealth Coordinator, working on behalf of the ACU, CAA, CAP, CLGF and The Prince’s Foundation in connection with the Call to Action on Sustainable Urbanisation.
• Ms Romy Berlin: A director at architects Allies and Morrison, who helped with the graphics template for the CPD web pages.
• Mr Joe Walters: The PhD student from Nottingham Geospatial Institute who has been helping us with the Surveys, also helped produce the maps for the CPD Pilot.
• Ms Samantha Bishop: Self-employed web-designer who designed the CAA CPD webpages.
• Mr John Davison: Self-employed videographer who edited the videos for each of the lectures.
3.4. LECTURE FORMAT & RESOURCES
It had originally been intended that each lecture would be filmed before then being shared among member institutes but, following cancellation of the Commonwealth Summit, it was also decided to broadcast these live and integrate them as part of the programme that was being developed as ‘A Call to Action on Sustainable Urbanisation in the Commonwealth 3’.
To enrich the live lectures, a prominent subject matter expert was invited to join each session and participate in a curated conversation followed by questions from the audience. The contributions from the experts helped to contextualise the subject matter while also raising the profile of each event among the audience and the profile of the CAA among a wider constituency.
At the end of each lecture, the following material was uploaded to the website:
• A copy of the pre-recorded lecture
• A copy of the live lecture
• A copy of the presentation used in the lecture
• A short narrative summarising the lecture, explaining key concepts, relevant SDGs, links to further information and additional resources
• A copy of the speaker notes including anticipated learning outcomes
Our hope is that the material generated from the series will be reused as a learning resource by member institutes, practitioners, universities, and their students where appropriate.
3.5.
TIMINGS
All lectures were delivered at 12:00noon BST, equivalent to 04:00 PDT 11:00 UTC, 12:00 noon BST,14:00 EAT, 16:30 ICT, 21:00 AE ST, 23:00 NZ ST. This appeared to work well for the majority of participants in Europe, Africa and Asia but not so well for participants in the Pacific and the Caribbean. Should a future series be considered, consideration should be given to arranging a dedicated session for members in these regions, not only in terms of timings but also in terms of content which is tailored for this audience.
3.6.
COMMUNICATIONS
The CPD Pilot was promoted using a number of different channels, including:
• Email: The CAA Secretariat sent invitations for each lecture to all Commonwealth Architectural Associations (whether members of the CAA or not). It is not known whether all the institutes circulated these amongst their members. A mailing list was developed as each successive lecture concluded and all previous participants were then invited to attend future lectures.
3 https://commonwealthsustainablecities.org/
• Twitter and LinkedIn: Each lecture was also publicised extensively on Twitter and on LinkedIn.
Should a further lecture series be considered, consideration should be given to the development of a database of relevant Commonwealth Universities so that they can also be included in any communications.
3.7. CERTIFICATES OF ATTENDANCE
Certificates of attendance were issued after each lecture to participants who had attended for at least 30 minutes. The certificates turned out to be extraordinarily popular among participants and were clearly highly valued.
3.8.
TECHNOLOGY
The following comprises a summary of the various software packages used to create the series:
• Filming: The outbreak of Covid -19 prevented us from filming each presenter in their office as we had intended and each lecture was ultimately filmed by the presenter, generally using their own equipment (often a mobile phone) and based on the following guidelines:
• “Sit in front of a blank, preferably white, backdrop
• Ensure good lighting; best if you can face a window
• Clap at the start of every new clip so the audio can be synced
• Use your phone in landscape mode and mounted at eye-level.
• Turn of all background sounds/email notifications etc. whilst recording
• Suggest doing a test run of video and audio quality first before you spend ages recording
• We suggest you use your phone audio recording settings for the audio files”
Figure 1, Typical CPD Certificate
The videos were the professionally edited and compiled together with the opening and closing remarks from the session Chair.
• Zoom Webinar: The lectures were broadcast live using the Zoom Webinar platform for which we purchased a 5 seat licence for 3 months. The platform was extremely stable and throughout, with more than enough functionality available.
• Eventbrite: In the early days, we used Eventbrite to manage the registration process, but this was abandoned when it became clear that this was merely duplicating the duplicating the Zoom registration function, causing confusion among participants.
• Vimeo: All live lectures were simultaneously broadcast live in Vimeo and this is the platform that has been sued to host the series.
• Broadgun PDF Machine: The CPD certificates were produced using a piece of software called ‘PDF Machine, Merge’ produced by Broadgun Software, using the Excel files of attendance that were supplied by Zoom upon completion of each Webinar. The software enables personalised emails to be created, together with personalised attachments
• Speednames: The domain name www.commonwealthsustainabecities.org was purchased from Speednames UK to host the entire programme. The CPD component was stored on www.commonwelath cities.org/cpd. A security certificate was also purchased to ensure users would have no difficulty logging in.
• Wordpress: A Wordpress software licence was purchased to enable us to maintain the website.
4. ATTENDANCE
The series attracted a total of 806 unique participants and a total of 2,158 views for a total of 61 Commonwealth and non-Commonwealth countries. The average session duration was 1 hr 30 mins while the average time in session per unique participant, circa 62 mins. 50% of participants attended more than one lecture and a third of participants attended 3 or more lectures.
4.1. NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS AND UNIQUE VIEWS PER LECTURE
CAA CPD PILOT
30/07/2020 CPD5, Climate Responsive Design
Table 1, Number of Unique Views per Lecture
CPD1, Introduction to the SDGs CPD2, Planning for Rapid Urbanisation
The following results were obtained from a Feedback Survey that was issued to all 823 participants following conclusion of the lecture series on 13 August. The survey attracted a total of 155 responses (19% response rate) from a total of 36 countries (25 of which (69%) were Commonwealth countries.
5.1. SURVEY RESPONDENTS, COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
Table 5, Survey Respondents, Country of Origin
5.2. WHICH LECTURES DID YOU ATTEND?
Survey respondents attended an average of 4 lectures, with 23 (15%) attending 1, 21 (14%) attending 2, 21 (14%) attending 3, 15 (26%) attending 4, 15 (10%) attending 5, 14 (15%) attending 6 and 26 (17%) attending all seven lectures.
5, Lectures attended by survey respondents
5.3. WAS THE LECTURE CONTENT OF INTEREST?
99% of respondents (154) confirmed that they found the lectures of interest with only one respondent responding in the negative.
5.4. WERE THE TOPICS RELEVANT TO YOUR REGION?
75% of respondents found the lecture topics relevant to their regions with 24% finding them somewhat relevant and 1% finding them not relevant to their region.
5.5. WAS THE LECTURE FORMAT ENGAGING?
96% of participants found the lecture format engaging.
5.6. HOW WOULD YOU RANK EACH OF THE LECTURES?
The overwhelming majority of respondents ranked all the lectures as being ‘Very Good’ or ‘Excellent’.
Figure
Figure 6, How would you rank each of the lectures?
5.7. WOULD YOU LIKE THE CAA TO CONTINUE TO OFFER LECTURES OF THIS KIND?
99% of respondents would like the CAA to continue to offer lectures of this kind.
5.8. ARE THERE ANY OTHER TOPICS YOU WOULD LIKE US TO COVER?
Country Suggestions for other topics?
Australia 1) Indigenous knowledge and application in climate-responsive design in Australia - in remote, rural and urban contexts. 2) Questions from some participants indicated that people/ professionals and communities are interested in learning from each other and working in practical ways. Yasmeen Lari and Peter Rich reinforced the importance of BE professions focusing on rural, poorer communities and two-way learning. Can this forum enable some of those connections to happen? For example, I work as a sessional university lecturer and researcher in landscape architecture. My interest is in extreme heat/ increasing temperatures and ways to live well with heat. My focus is on conceptualising vulnerability, and adaptive capacities of disadvantaged, communities. The case studies in Pakistan and Africa were interesting - all the integrated community development aspects. It'd be great for this forum to somehow enable communities and professionals to connect - help address the gaps identified in this series.
Bahrain
Sustainability in Education
Bangladesh Children Friendly Urban Environment Design
Issues on implementation challenges of SDG goals and how to overcome those in an effective way
Neighbourhood community and the negotiation
Professional Practice, Professional Ethics etc.
Management of water issues in cities
Barbados Adaptive Reuse
Attainment of SDGs in built environment of SIDs
Sustainable O&M
Belize Challenges in Building in a hot and humid environment
Botswana Critical regionalism
Standard Forms of Building Contracts;
Sustainable building design & materials and green building
Yes, more climatic designs on different climatic condition eg Africa, Asian countries
China Universities
France Architecture for slum up grading
Grenada Comparative studies of exemplar projects performance in hazards, especially those in tropical areas
Hong Kong SAR 5G Technology Application in Building Design
Future cities
Green Building Design
Inclusive Architecture
Sustainable design with advanced technology
Health topic
Latest architectural design and technology, contract documentation arrangements, practices in different CAA countries, etc.
Latest architectural design and technology, different contract administration arrangement / practices in CAA countries, etc.
Inclusive environment
Italy Traditional sustainable building methods in developing countries
Jordanian Smart cities
Kenya Appropriate building technology material is this current age Forms of Contract
Mozambique Refugees Permanent or temporary urban solutions
Namibia Urban Ecology
Nepal Focus on adaptive reuse of heritage buildings and keeping the local craftsmanship alive akin to preserving the historic identity of the place.
Nigeria Building Materiality and Ecological Building Design
In addition to current topics: (1) Transportation/impacts; (2) Mainstreaming Renewables; Issues specific to urban housing
Pakistan 1. Bridging the gap -Housing for low income group; 2 Urban conservation for underdeveloped countries
A curriculum based on needs assessment to respond/tailored to the current state of Urbanization in the developing countries of the Commonwealth.
Architectural Practice standard in Post Covid 19 era.
Architecture
Characteristics of a good design
Climate responsive materials
Design for culture and climate is foundation of good design and say no to megacities.
Ecology and biodiversity in Construction
Housing, Post COVID urban issues and solutions, How COVID will change the set standards of Architectural design
I would like to attend lecture on "Sustainable development" "zero carbon"
Low cost projects using local available materials.
The more about conservation and restoration of built heritage. In Pakistan, Most of the Authorities are not protecting the heritage but due to lack of knowledge and understanding ruining the heritage.
Urban Built Heritage of civilizations
Urban design
Urban Regeneration with the conception of urban design
Water management in Asia
Weather friendly growth in high density populated cities
Conservation of built heritage
Interior spatial environments
Issue of water tables in large cities of Commonwealth countries.
Multidisciplinary of urban planning for architects
Thermal comfort, certification, implementation of codes, policy making for standard and its revision
Rwanda Green building, Affordable housing,
Capacity Building of Young Professionals
Energy efficient design
Interdisciplinarity in Built Environment Practice
N/A
Landscape Design, Public spaces
On Infrastructure planning and Monitoring, open and public space, public art in cities and on informal settlement upgrading and prevention
Serbia and Botswana
South Africa
Urban heritage; The relationship between Landscaping and Urban design and Architecture; Architecture and Urban design within Spatial planning...
1.Planning in the context of communicable diseases; 2. How do we find better ways to the informal economy into the mainstream.
Bio Fabrication
Planning for the poor
rapid urbanisation and the nature/ human interface in emerging cities in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The role of architecture in spatial transformation
Would be great to see more presentations on implemented Sustainable projects from around the world (commonwealth)
Sri Lanka Post Covid practice of Architecture short term and long term
Topics related to Compact Cities, How Sustainable is Densification, Determining optimum density
Natural disaster early warning, digital dividend, entrepreneurship
Management of housing in Asian countries in terms of economy climate and aesthetics.
Trinidad & Tobago
More webinars on affordable sustainable housing
Planning for Small Island Developing States
Urbanization in small island states.
Uganda Climate Adaptation, Smart Cities and Architecture
Contract management during emergency times
Detailed Responsive Solar Design for East Africa
Education
Urban Rural Linkages
United Kingdom Designing for health would be interesting. Living in a cold/wet country we understand that air tightness plus high levels insulation is the way forward but is mechanical ventilation the only way of handling the internal environment?
Equality & Diversity across the Built Environment
Housing and related concepts of density and crowding related to social justice.
How BE Professionals can help create a new economy which is regenerative, sustainable, and resilient
Just more in-depth studies of the presented case studies and to cover some practices from South and Central America and the North.
More on Global South rapid urbanisation and regeneration. How smaller, design-focused practices can be involved in projects overseas. "Miracle' materials and the challenges and contradictions of environmentally friendly construction. More on Africa.
Some more detailed case study exemplar developments would be useful - perhaps a whole session dedicated to one case study which could then be much more focussed. Also, perhaps a session dedicated to various methods for community engagement, especially during the pandemic.
It would be interesting to do workshops around the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and the subjects we have covered.
Social value, social justice
Zambia (1) Development of Local Building materials. (2) Building technologies for low income development
More in depth lectures on Climate Response Design a detailed study in Africa
Sustainable Urban Planning Policies, Green Scale planning models viz making the built environment greener and human. More conservation or heritage action in urban planning. Planned and design of biopolitechnomic bridges over urban and rural divides and other topics that will enhance practical skills
Sustainable Construction Practices
Sustainable construction waste management
Zimbabwe
Modular Prefabricated Design
Table 6, Are there any other topics you would like us to cover?
5.9. HOW WOULD YOU FEEL ABOUT A MORE INTERACTIVE FORMAT?
65% of respondents (101) considered the current lecture format was fine while 35% (54) considered that a more interactive format would be preferable, in which participants could interact with the speakers.
Country Would like to contribute to future series?
Australia For Indigenous knowledge and application in Australia, possible contacts may be Dillon Kombumerri (NSW Gov Architects Officehttps://au.linkedin.com/in/dillon-kombumerri-989119116)), HealthHabitat (https://www.healthabitat.com/), Arcadia Landscape Architects (https://arcadiala.com.au/our-team/), and Darryl Low Choy (https://experts.griffith.edu.au/9839-darryl-low-choy)
Bangladesh Interested. Will think about it.
Mohammad Hamidur Rahman Sabbir, E-mail: arch.sabbir@gmail.com Mobile: +8801671055066
Not yet, may be later i would really like to.
Prof Farida Nilufar, Specialist of Urban morphology orpho
Barbados I have conducted some research among Built Environment Professionals in Barbados regarding their attitudes to sustainability. I notice that neither the Engineers Association nor the Architects took part in the Commonwealth Survey. I am working on a paper regarding my research. You may contact me at andrea.lewis@cavehill.uwi.edu
Belize I will think about it
Botswana How soon in the future? Yes. Lightweight Mortarless Building. H. Zebronhughzeb@tdwz.org
Jordanian Will do about cultural masterplan
Kenya ECO CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN PROTECTED AREAS A CASE OF TSAVO NATIONAL PARK KENYA. Also review onLow Emission Climate Resilient Development Centre-LECRD in Samburu as an assistant architect at the design implementation process and supervision. This is a case worth evaluating and looking at its sustainable processes. In addition to the research have undertaken for protected area, on Eco-construction materials: A Case of Tsavo National Park. This partially looks at Maasai bordering the park toward the Kilimanjaro region of which there are valuable sustainable achievements to be looked at.My Contacts are rjndalo@yahoo.com or rjndalo@uonbi.ac.ke The mobile line is +254720355436
Nepal I will need to work on it, but definitely would be great to share details of our local context to the global audience.
Nigeria Assist in sourcing local data (where possible/available) - general and/or specific. ninahbriggs@gmail.com
Pakistan alvina.fatima@umt.edu.pk
an introduction to innovative active solar systems employed in building services and system design. In addition to introducing these systems, the series can inculcate an understanding about the effects and benefits of sustainable approach on building services and system design. The series can design to employ a comparative method to critically evaluate these building systems. Comparison is drawn between conventional methods and active solar methods for a holistic understanding regarding possibilities and limitations in building services and system design focus on building a graphical and applicable understanding of active solar design. Architectural Education in the Global south. Waqar Aziz waqaraziz@cuilahore.edu.pk
Being a sensitive professional, I observe in my field of Architecture & Urban Design. I always available to contribute in knowledge sharing. please find my details from LINK: linkedin.com/in/syed-fahim-sarwargilani-77216592
5.11.
Currently I am residing in Calgary, Canada. I experienced my back-home city, Lahore hot weather like 48C and cold weather like - 35C. I can discuss the relevent factors which can give the comfort level to common resident.
How to Conserve Urban Built Heritage?
I have few Documented Heritage Building of Pakistan which I would like to share.
I shall send it in later
On Rural Areas Name: Sulman Munir - contact detail My Email address: Sulmanmunirr@gmail.com
sajalrizwan.lhr@gmail.com
The Pakistan story on the state of architecture and planning profession, is a research report, which might be useful to kick start a dialogue I am working on the handicrafts sector that how they are addressing the sustainable development goals in meeting the local and global challenges of sustainability. asma.khalid@uet.edu.pk Sure, may be in a little distant future.
Rwanda I will give address in future
increasing of informal settlement, urban poverty, urban segregation, why small housing?
Serbia I have lived and worked in Europe, now I work and live here in Botswana. I am familiar with Urban Design, Architecture and planning here. The topics we listened to in these very useful courses are topics that I have been very actively researching for 5 years. I also prepared some courses with the same topics, but this new situation postponed it for a better time.
Slobodanka Radanovic, Master of Architecture and Urban designer slobodanka.sr@gmail.com
South Africa Bio Fabrication - Ronel Wiese Fourie ronel@geniusloci.group
Sri Lanka On the suggested topic - Ar. Jayantha PereraUganda Am an architect practicing in Uganda and Rwanda, obtained my PhD in auxiliary architecture and I believe we are always faced with a need for adaptive and supportive design solutions in our day-to-day built environment. Email: sinabe25@gmail.com
Detailed Education of Graduates on Climate and (Architecture, Engineering, and Infrastructure). Gabriel Ongom (Graduate ArchitectKampala, Uganda)
In future, I would like to contribute what I will have studied. For now, I am still working on my Post graduate studies. philippa tumubweinee: philippa.tumubweinee@uct.ac.za
United Kingdom Ian Carradice ian.carradice@arup.com
Topic suggestion: A common understanding of urban form through the designers use of concepts from urban morphology.
Zambia I invite CAA to my Facebook Green Scale Page. Presently, it is a general topic effort aimed at the public to find interest in issues related to the built environment and to engage readers into objective dialogue. I have learnt from the CAA.CPD series that SDGs need the participation of policy makers, development professions, managers, and recipients of development. Maybe CAA can assist on how I can use my Green Scale material for presentation.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
Country Additional Comments
Antigua and Barbuda Can further CPDs be acceptable for LEED credits.
Australia Again, thank you very much for the series. I have found the seminars very inspiring during this time of isolation. Having access to such fabulous practitioners, thinkers, and scholars. So much to learn and share! I look forward to future CCA activities.
During the Q&A, it would be helpful if the question is highlighted on shared screen in text. Due to vast geographical spread of the various attendees, the various accents in English may cause some missing interpretation. Given the fact sometimes the audio was muted or broken because of the internet connection.
Bahrain Thank you for organizing very knowledgeable and interesting sessions.
Bangladesh Excellent initiatives by CAA. Look forward for similar event in future covering other inevitable issues.
I hope this type of initiative would be on regular basis I appreciate the newly created platform
Barbados Excellent lecture series. thank you
Belize It was extremely useful. I take my hat off to you all. Many thanks
Botswana Just grateful for the opportunity to see what the rest of the profession throughout the world is tackling similar issues of concern
Please Ensure visibility of all presenters. The Voice-only Delivery does not come close to voice and visual presentations
Overall, I found the series very interesting. I particularly appreciated seeing case-studies from various parts of the world that I was not previously familiar with, as well as some that I could relate to. This was a great way to provide CPD, as our own courses tend to be either half-day or full-day seminars and can be difficult to accommodate at times.
France The whole project was well conceived and very well executed. Maybe the technology makes thing a bit easier, but it all went very smoothly - I didn’t see a hitch. That makes so much difference to the experience. The strengths were the diverse range of expert professional and practitioner voices and the range of up to date projects. These were well backed up with data and of course video and illustrations. It melded well with the CAP series which was more practitioner and local orientation. Incidentally, I was flowing the UCL DPU course on Planning in African Cities at the same time and there were some ‘interesting’ reads across. No such course could cover such a wide subject in great depth but if there were gaps that I would point to they are: The failure really to consider the needs of the very poor. Perhaps the most egregious example was the masterplan in Muscat. The presentation was masterly, but the parameters and the expectations were so far removed from the situation in many SS African situations that it undermined its relevance in the context. The lack of examination of the process of urbanisation. As such the dynamic of that was not matched by the examples shown. To my mind one of the most important recent studies is the OECD Africapolis which I blogged on for the RTPI. That highlights the scale and urgency of what is needed and what I consider to be the gap with the reality. There was not as much cross fertilisation between what you might say was the planning dimension in the CAP series and this series. For all the talk of collaboration there were very few examples in either. Too much reliance on outputs and insufficient consideration of outcomes for the community
Hong Kong Thank you very much - Franky Choi
Kenya Great Work!
Looking into the future of appropriate building technology how would one use models of 3-D Printing using mud to achieve great result. I would appreciate to get such discussion.
Malawi I really thank CAA for a job well done and I am looking forward to participating in more lectures. good for CPD
Mozambique
Keep the good work, it has been a blessing in the challenging times...
Namibia Overall, the series was well organised. I would like to see some student participation. Allow senior students to present topics of the work they are involved in? It could be master’s thesis projects or students who are involved in community participatory projects.
Nigeria
Scheduling challenges prevented one's participation across all sessions. The few attended were however incredibly worthwhile, informative, educative, and relevant. A brilliant and well-resourced initiative all through.
Pakistan A new curriculum to focus on cities in developing countries and how to run and manage them? The political will to do so and how.
A wonderful series of lectures. A very well organised and interactive series. Bravo to the team and all involved. Looking forward to many more such interactive sessions.
Carry on with the good work
I am very pleased with your helping attitude and kind behaviour. Thank Fully you are encouraging young Architects like us to expand our horizons. My best wishes for commendable contribution. Those who organize this whole event. warm regards
Please make this a regular activity of CAA
Provide us more such type of lecture series
Thank you for a great lecture series. really appreciate the people behind these efforts. There was so much to learn and think for young architects like me. will be looking forward for further lectures in future.
Thanks a lot
These lecture series should continue to add knowledge among architects
Very informative presentations and excellent management regarding question answers session.
Best of luck for future
Sustainability and maintenance of ecological balance is required to more and more focused.
Thank you very much for sharing the valuable information in the form of lecture series. It has globally connected people all across the world to struggle for the common cause of sustainable development. Thank you once again.
Rwanda Great work done
Is there a way CAA and its partners can be available to provide similar sessions to support universities in their teaching? For example, instead of the investment in flying and hosting visiting professors, can CAA (and partners) provide a facility where this now takes place online in a regular and robust format remotely?
Keep it up with the good work you are doing ;)
Thank you
Great thanks to organizers
Some of the honour lecturers did not provided proper contribution, it was general and without effect. the moderators did not challenge the speakers and the political correctness could observe as a metarole in the panel. the discussion should be full of challenge, critics, and open minding process. Serbia and Botswana
South Africa
Thank you very much for these courses and the presentation of all the speakers. This was a very rewarding and enjoyable time.
A very informative program. Thank-you to all who were involved.
I just want to say a massive thank you for promoting the SDG's we try to make these explicit in architecture in South Africa. We also started Architects declare in South Africa and think there is for sure a synergy.
Kind Regards Ronel
Sri Lanka
Thank you for coming up with these series, it has been eye opening to see how planning works around the world some of the issues covered resonated with me as it was dealing with issues that are problematic in my country. Some of the innovations that were presented were brilliant. and I wish it could be filtered down to address some of our issues.
This has been an excellent endeavour. I still have to watch the 2 I missed. Congratulations to the organisers and presenters. You can be proud of this achievement!
Keep up these informative lectures - I thoroughly enjoyed them
Excellent webinar series - well done
Thank you for the very relevant topics which were well presented. It was a very enjoyable and informative experience.
The housing in Sri Lanka, India and some other Asian countries take the concept of "Vasthu" in the initial stages of planning a building be it residential or commercial. This system of vasthu based design is said to bring prosperous happy and healthy living. Hence the CAA should give prominence to this concept in all future residential the least!
Trinidad and Tobago
Uganda
United Kingdom
Thank you for the opportunity to participate. I will review the videos of the lectures I was unable to participate in.
Congratulations on this great initiative.
Increased CAA engagement with professionals and higher education institutions is necessary and relevant
Please keep up the good work.
Such Lectures and very healthy for Career development. Thank you for these good initiatives
Great lectures, fantastic speaker, they, all have been very engaging. As a lecturer I would like my students to have access to the lectures and case studies.
Thank you for these lectures - I have only just discovered them through ACAN.
Thank-you!
The topics in this lecture series are highly relevant to solving the worlds challenges. It is important that future topics should be too
No further comments to add.
Overall, very good, interesting series. One comment is to perhaps remind speakers that CPD are to have specific learning aims and outcomes, and to ensure these are part of the talks. Also, some spent a bit too much time reading off generalities of what their organisation does.
Thank you very much for organising these CPD sessions, they were excellent weekly sessions, something to look forward to it.
It was a real delight and education.
Thank you!
Zambia
Due to geographical time differences, I would propose you add a 10mins prior log in notice or reminder in addition to the 24-hour notice.
I wish to thank CAA for these CPD lectures and events. They are productive and they should continue. My heart also goes to organizers and management staff. Keep it up.
The lectures were very educative and current to the dynamics of societies built-environment needs.
The series was really enlightening, please continue with such programs. Thank you
Appendix I, List of Contributors
PLANNING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND RAPID URBANISATION
FEEDBACK ON THE CAA CPD PILOT COMMONWEALTH ASSOCIATION OF ARCHITECTS CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
COMMONWEALTH ASSOCIATION OF ARCHITECTS
COMMONWEALTH ASSOCIATION OF PLANNERS
COMMONWEALTH ASSOCIATION OF SURVEYING AND LAND ECONOMY
COMMONWEALTH ENGINEERS COUNCIL
FEEDBACK ON THE COMMONWEALTH ASSOCIATION OF ARCHITECTS
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, PILOT PROGRAMME
This short paper provides an overview of the Commonwealth Association of Architects Pilot programme of CPD lectures which were first broadcast between 02 July and 13 August 2020 as part of a programme of activity associated with a Call to Action on Sustainable Development in the Commonwealth.
Seven lectures designed to help explain the ways in which built environment professionals can contribute to delivery of the UN 2030 SDGs
The CAA CPD Pilot was developed as one component in its response to the findings of the Survey of the Built Environment Professions in the Commonwealth, which identified the need to ensure that members of the profession are equipped with appropriate up-to date knowledge to deal with the range of challenges created by climate change and rapid urbanisation, with 37% of respondent institutes requiring no mandatory CPD. The pilot comprised 7 lectures, each of which was filmed and also delivered live, and all of the material is available online for use as a teaching resource where appropriate:
• Introduction to the Sustainable Development Goals: Delivered by Ms Mina Hasman, Sustainability Expert at Skidmore Owings and Merrill and CAA Focal Point at the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction. The aim of the lecture was to provide participants with an overview of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to illustrate the ways in which built environment professionals can engage with the Goals in their daily work.
• Planning for Rapid Urbanisation: Delivered by Mr Ben Bolgar, Senior Director at The Prince’s Foundation together with Ms Haja Halimah Lukay, Development Planning Officer from Bo City Council in Sierra Leone. The aim of the lecture was to describe a simple 4-step process that can be used by communities anywhere to produce a ‘bare-bones’ plan that can be adopted as a framework for future development by cities grappling with rapid urbanisation.
• Planned City Extensions: Delivered by Mr Alfredo Caraballo, Director at Allies and Morrison. The aim of the lecture was to describe the masterplanning principles associated with a planned city extension in Oman, which aims to set new standards in terms of sustainability and design while providing a catalyst for change in the Sultanate.
• Resilient Infrastructure: Delivered by Mr Ian Carradice, Director at Arup. The aim of the lecture was to outline the principles of resilient infrastructure design together with the benefits to be achieved and the value to be added by adopting a more systematic, integrated design approach that also minimizes cost and carbon emissions.
• Climate Responsive Design: Delivered by Prof Peter Clegg, Ms Isabel Sandeman and Ms Rachel Sayers from Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and Mr Rafiq Azam, Principle Architect, Shatotto, Bangladesh. The aim of the lecture was to provide an overview of climate responsive design, including a reminder of the importance of passive design principles and low carbon construction.
• Heritage-led Regeneration: Delivered by Mr Geoff Rich, Managing Partner, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios together with Mr Harry Wardill former Director of Turquoise Mountain in Myanmar. The aim of the lecture was to demonstrate how the creative re-use of heritage buildings, can be used as a means of generating economic value, creating employment, and preserving traditional skills while reinforcing cultural identity and a sense of place.
• Sustainable Outcomes: Delivered by Mr Gary Clark, Regional Lead EMEA, Science and Technology at HOK London Studio and Chair of the RIBA Sustainable Futures Group. In this, the concluding lecture of the current series, Gary described, in practical terms, a set of measurable and manageable outcomes that practitioners can use on a daily basis on projects of all scales.
All of the lectures were recorded and can be found at https://commonwealthsustainablecities.org/cpd/.
Each live lecture included a dialogue with a leading international expert
The Commonwealth Association of Architects would like to thank each of the international experts who contributed to the live lectures including HE Ms Maimunah Mohd Sharif (UN Habitat), Ms Martina Otto (UN Environment), Mr William Cobbett (Cities Alliance), Mr Tom Perry (Design Council), Ms Nuha Eltinay (World Bank) and Daw Moe Moe Lwin (Yangon Heritage Trust).
Watched by an audience of over 2,000 attendees from 64 countries
The lecture programme comprised a total of 7 online events held over a 6-week period, involving 26 panellists from 10 countries. The series attracted over 800 individual participants from 32 Commonwealth and 32 nonCommonwealth countries, amounting to over 2,000 unique views, with an average online audience of over 300 participants per lecture. 50% of participants attended 2 or more lectures.
The programme attracted participants from all 5 Commonwealth Regions: including over 200 from Asia, 175 from Africa, 150 from Europe, 34 from the Caribbean & the Americas, and 13 from the Pacific, plus over 200 participants from non-Commonwealth countries ranging from Afghanistan to Iraq, Nepal and the Philippines. Pakistan generated the largest number of participants (174), followed by the UK (155) and Hong Kong (78). Participants came from local government, academia and the private sector, and from a variety of disciplines including architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, town planning and urban design.
99% of respondents would like the CAA to continue to offer lectures of this kind, confirming an appetite for continuous learning and knowledge sharing
The following was among the feedback received in response to an online survey that was undertaken on completion of the programme, attracting over 150 responses from around the Commonwealth and beyond:
• 99% of respondents found the series of interest
• 96% of respondents considered the lecture series to have been engaging
• 75% of respondents considered the topics relevant to their region, 24% somewhat relevant
• 65% of respondents liked the live lecture format while 35% would prefer a more interactive style
• The overwhelming majority of respondents ranked the lectures ‘Very Good’ or ‘Excellent’
• Many valuable suggestions were made for future topics, including environmental design, affordable housing, informal settlement upgrading, climate resilience, planning and urban design.
Acknowledgements and Next Steps
The Commonwealth Association of Architects would like to extend its sincere thanks to all participating firms without whose commitment this programme would not have been possible. Our grateful thanks also to all the session Chairs.
The CAA is working with a range of partners including the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the Commonwealth Association of Planners, the Commonwealth Local Government Forum and The Prince’s Foundation, and will reflect upon the learnings from the recent series as part of its efforts to respond to findings of the Survey of the Built Environment Professions in the Commonwealth. For further information please contact the CAA at admin@comarchitect.org.
CAA CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PILOT
02 JULY-13 AUGUST 2020
The CAA CPD Pilot was conceived as a response to the findings of the Survey of the Built Environment Professions in the Commonwealth, which identified the need to ensure existing members of the profession are equipped with appropriate up-to date knowledge to deal with the range of challenges being created by climate change and rapid urbanisation, with 37% of respondents providing no mandatory CPD.
LECTURE PROGRAMME
• Introduction to the Sustainable Development Goals
• Planning for Rapid Urbanisation
• Planned City Extensions
• Resilient Infrastructure
• Climate Responsive Design
• Heritage-led Regeneration
• Sustainable Outcomes
FEEDBACK ON THE PILOT
• 99% of respondents found the series of interest.
• 75% considered the topics relevant to their region, 24% somewhat relevant.
• 96% considered the lecture series to be engaging.
• The overwhelming majority of respondents ranked the lectures ‘Very Good’ or ‘Excellent’.
• 99% would like the CAA to continue to offer lectures of this kind.
• 65% were satisfied with the current format while 35% would prefer a more interactive format.
• Many valuable suggestions were made for future topics, including environmental design, affordable housing, informal settlement upgrading, climate resilience, planning and urban design.
A total of 7 online events over 6 weeks attracted over 800 participants from 32 Commonwealth and 32 non-Commonwealth countries who engaged with 26 panellists from 10 countries: amounting to over 2,000 unique views.
EUROPE
ASIA
NON-COMMONWEALTH
PACIFIC
13
CARIBBEAN & AMERICAS AFRICA
2,000+ UNIQUE VIEWS
Participants included representatives from local government, academia, and the private sector, including city officials, business leaders, academics, principals, practitioners and students from a variety of disciplines: architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, town planning and urban design. The lectures also included contributions from subject matter experts from Cities Alliance, Design Council, UN Environment, UN Habitat, the World Bank, Yangon Heritage Trust and others.
